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So, as promised, here's chapter 2!

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Chapter 2: No Home

"Here we are!"

I point at Mari's house as we get closer to the door. I hear voices from inside. It's Mari and her parents.

"Mom, dad! We can't let her in our house anymore!"

"I know sweetie, I tried to convince your mother before that taking in a homeless girl would cause trouble eventually."

"I never thought she'd approach the demon child!"

"We're not responsible for her anymore. She might be even more dangerous. We don't know anything about who she is!"

It goes on like that for I don't know how long. Gaara's hand tightens around mine and I look at the ground. It doesn't seem like I'm welcome in that house anymore. I don't think Mari will want to be my friend anymore either. All this because I wanted to be Gaara's friend? Well… That won't stop me from being his friend.

"Kiu?"

I look up at Gaara who has a concerned look on his face. How can I just abandon him anyway? He's so worried, instead of being angry at them for doing this because of him.

"On second thought, I don't think I'll go home today."

I turn around and drag Gaara away from Mari's house.

"Kiu…"

After running for a bit, I finally stop. I look at Gaara and I feel tears welling up in my eyes.

"Even if they do that…"

My voice is all shaky. I can't control the tears rolling down my cheeks.

"Even if they do that, I'll still be your friend, Gaara. I'll never leave you! Ever!"

I start sobbing out loud. How could they be so unfair to Gaara? I just don't understand! They're all just trying to do all these mean things so that he never gets to have any friends. I'm going to change that! I bring my hands up to try to dry up my tears. I feel a pair of small arms wrap around my shoulders and pull me close. I take my hands away from my face to find Gaara hugging me. I wrap my arms around him and cry even harder. I also hear him sniffling a little. We stay like this for a while until we both calm down. We finally pull away and wipe away our tears.

"I'm sorry…"

Gaara apologizes. For what? He never did anything wrong!

"It's not your fault, Gaara. It never was."

"Kiu, thank you… For everything. You're the first person who ever wanted to be my friend… And now this happens…"

"It's alright, Gaara. I told you, it's not your fault. I'm sure things will work out. Besides, they weren't my family to begin with. I knew I wouldn't be able to stay with them for long."

"You know, you can come to my place, if you want."

"You sure? Your parents won't mind?"

Gaara looks down.

"My dad… doesn't care about me."

Doesn't care about him? What does he mean by that? Does his dad treat him like everyone else does? He looks so sad about it, I shouldn't press the subject for now…

"Well, what about your mom?"

I'm sure she's not like that, right?

"I don't have a mom…"

"Oh… I'm sorry, Gaara…"

"It's okay; uncle Yashamaru takes good care of me. I'm sure he won't mind if you come over."

That's a relief. He has someone that cares about him. Besides me, of course…

"Lead the way, then!"

This time, Gaara's the one who takes my hand and brings me to where he lives. We head towards what I believe to be the Kazekage's mansion. I haven't been in this village for long so I don't even know who the Kazekage is supposed to be. All I know is that he's important and apparently rich.

"Isn't that the Kazekage's mansion?"

"Yeah. He's my father, you didn't know?"

"I've only been in this village for a week. I barely know anything about anything. All I know is that the Kazekage is some important person in the village. What is a Kazekage anyway?"

Gaara chuckles.

"A Kazekage is like the leader of the village. He's supposedly the most powerful ninja in the village."

"And you're his son? Shouldn't a leader who's responsible for a whole bunch of people be more caring towards his own son?"

Gaara shrugs. I guess there isn't really an answer for that. Or if there is, it's not something that simple to discuss. We finally arrive at the mansion and Gaara takes me inside. He drags me up the stairs. There are so many rooms in this place. Gaara finally stops in front of one of the rooms and opens the door. We both go in before he closes the door behind him. There are so many toys in this room!

"Gaara, is this your room?"

He nods. I've never seen so many toys in one place! This is awesome!

"Are all of these yours?"

"They are."

He doesn't really seem happy about the toys.

"You don't like them?"

"It's not that… I just don't like the person who got them for me."

"But… if that person got you all these toys, doesn't that mean that they care about you?"

"No… Not when they get me all these toys to keep me busy because they're too afraid I'd go on a rampage."

"Oh… well if you put it that way… Who needs those toys anyway? If the person who got them isn't worth it, then those toys aren't either!"

Gaara smiles at me and both of us start putting all the evil toys away. Those toys got what they deserved! We both lie down on Gaara's bed, exhausted from all the cleaning.

"You don't need those toys anymore, Gaara. Having me as your friend will keep away all that boredom!"

Gaara giggles.

"I bet."

"Who got you those toys, anyway?"

"…My father."

"Well that'll teach him not to do that sort of thing again."

Gaara looks at me and gives me a sincere smile.

"Thank you, Kiu."